I got tint on my car for 4 year and it still looks fine. My previous car had tint for 7 years and it still looked like new when I sold it. (Both 3M tint)

Even if the shop went out of business. I can still afford replacing it 3x before it reaches the price range of Pinacle tint..

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Originally Posted by twinturbo335

Btw, how much do they charge for clear bra? I did it myself..

Wow since a warranty doesn't seem like a big deal to you, I am surprised you splurged on your tint. Why didn't you just do the tint yourself too?

I'm really sorry to all that I've let myself get so off topic with this. I guess I have a problem with people touting their frugalness upon others after a couple of people have already stated "To each, their own." With to all I promise to let this die here & now. Nothing more off topic from me on this thread.

Wow since a warranty doesn't seem like a big deal to you, I am surprised you splurged on your tint. Why didn't you just do the tint yourself too?

I'm really sorry to all that I've let myself get so off topic with this. I guess I have a problem with people touting their frugalness upon others after a couple of people have already stated "To each, their own." With to all I promise to let this die here & now. Nothing more off topic from me on this thread.

Maybe because tinting a window is harder than installing a pre-cut clear bra? You wouldn't know since you like bending over for a $400 tint job..

I chose to go with Formula One Pinnacle tint with 50% sides and 40% rear.

This was the first car I have ever wanted to tint but it's also my first black car. The main reason I decided to tint was heat reduction, plus a bit for looks, although I'm extremely worried about getting a ticket. I drive by the local PD everyday and the motorcycle LEOs eat at the deli next door to my office. I therefore talked to Matt for a while and explained what I was trying to accomplish. In the end we agreed that 50% on the sides and 40% on the rear was the way to go.

My tint will most likely seem very light to most but I'm very happy. Hope to get pictures soon.

I chose to go with Formula One Pinnacle tint with 50% sides and 40% rear.

This was the first car I have ever wanted to tint but it's also my first black car. The main reason I decided to tint was heat reduction, plus a bit for looks, although I'm extremely worried about getting a ticket. I drive by the local PD everyday and the motorcycle LEOs eat at the deli next door to my office. I therefore talked to Matt for a while and explained what I was trying to accomplish. In the end we agreed that 50% on the sides and 40% on the rear was the way to go.

My tint will most likely seem very light to most but I'm very happy. Hope to get pictures soon.

Hope this helps!

If you don't mind, how much was it for it? I only need to get my fronts re-tinted due to a tint ticket, so please post pics of your 50% when you can! Because I'm thinking about 50% too and hopefully it'll be just enough to get away with.

I'm also thinking about 50% all around but think it might also be too light. And I don't want to deal with getting pulled over by the police since I also don't run a front plate. If 50% is still pretty light and I could get away with it and not draw too much attention to myself I'd probably go with 50%. I'm thinking 35% might be too dark.

Here are a few shots of the car with the new tint (in need of a wash, sorry).
Again this is Formula One Pinnacle tint with 50% on the sides and 40% on the rear. I'm actually a bit surprised at how the pictures turned out, because it actually looks a good bit darker in person.

The shots were taken about 6:20pm with a soon to be setting sun and the sun was aimed directly at the driver's side of the car.

Hope this helps!

EDIT: Ok I just showed the post to my wife and she asked if those where the "before" shots of the car. It's not just me then, the pictures look a lot lighter than in person.

Thanks! I have to say I am loving the tint and the heat reduction it offers. Yesterday and Today would have been scorchers without the tint but the car is now a LOT cooler when getting in it at lunch and after work.

I'd say the tint job took about 3 hours. I got there about 2:30pm, talked to him for a bit and then he started. I was on the road home by 5:45pm, just in time to peak traffic.

By the way, Matt does all the tint by hand. It's all hand cut and fits the windows perfectly. Even looking at the top and side edges of the windows, the tint fits completely and perfectly. I saw a friends car that had computer cut tint and he had almost 1/8" of un-tinted window at the top edge. I thought to myself WTF is that. My friend said it didn't really matter but it does to me.